Nassau is an unbelievably impressive holiday destination that offers some of the best Bahamas diving and snorkeling sites. Diving and snorkeling in Nassau Bahamas will give you the opportunity to marvel in its exceptional underwater sights. Among the famous Bahamas diving sites in the area are Tongue of the Ocean, Lost Ocean Hole, and the Will Laurie Wreck. The best sites for snorkeling in Nassau Bahamas are Rose Island Reefs, Love Beach, and Gambier Deep Reef.

Don’t have any diving or snorkeling experience at all? No worries. First-time divers and snorkelers will not have any difficulty finding professional dive instructors in Nassau. Nearly all of the hotels have dive or snorkel instructors who can give you basic lessons. If you want, you can contact one of the world renowned dive operators below. They have the best trained and most skillful instructors in Nassau.

Where to learn how to dive or snorkel in Nassau:

Stuart Cove (South Ocean Blvd)

Open: Daily 8am-5pm

What is unique about Stuart Cove is that they don’t put both divers and snorkelers on the same boat. On New Providence, Stuart Cove is the top dive center to offer a complete service, from renting out and selling equipment to organizing diving and snorkeling tours.

First-time divers can take advantage of Stuart Cove’s 3-hour “Learn To Dive Program” where they will learn everything they need to know about diving from a professional dive instructor. Stuart Cove’s instructors will help their inexperienced clients all the way, from getting acquainted with the diving equipment to their first dive in the ocean.

With Stuart Cove, snorkelers can explore three sights in one trip. The first destination will be a shallow reef filled with colorful fish which snorkelers can lure to swarm around them with fish food. A shipwreck will be the second snorkeling destination. It could be a man-made reef from a sunken 200-foot tanker or one of the James Bond films’ wrecks. The third destination, if you and your companions are brave enough and still have the energy (or the weather allows), is a shark-infested site where snorkelers can snorkel over the sharks.

Bahama Divers (Nassau Yacht Haven, East Bay St.)

Open: Daily 8:30am (Two Tank Morning Dive)

Daily1:30pm (One Tank Afternoon Dive)

Bahama Divers is less than six minutes away from Paradise Island. They also offer a complete service and pride themselves with first class diving facilities like Brownie’s Aqualung, Sherwood, and Bahama Pro. Instructors of Bahama Divers give personalized and quality service to their clients. It is no wonder then why they have been operating for more than 40 years.

Their dive boats set sail two times a day. They go to some of the most excellent diving sites in the Bahamas like eerie wrecks and spectacular coral reefs. Among their popular dive locations are the Lost Blue Hole, the Tongue of the Ocean, and “The Fish Hotel” – all housing a rich and rainbow-colored marine life.

Custom Aquatics (Coral Harbour Road)

Open: Private Charter Only (“Your Schedule, Your Day”)

Custom Aquatics have been giving private swimming, snorkeling, and diving lessons to children and adults for 30 years now. With them, you can rent your own boat and learn how to dive or snorkel at your own pace. They give you the ability to pick your own sites and explore them at your leisure.

Coral Harbour Road, where Custom Aquatics is, is just five minutes away from the ocean and about 20 minutes away from the Tongue of the Ocean. Your exclusive underwater adventure in Nassau will afford you to have your chosen dive or snorkel site all to yourself – more fish and space for you to enjoy and photograph.